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Scarce British King Edward VIII royal cypher badge dating to his brief reign in 1936.
The badge features the intertwined royal cypher:
E VIII R
for Edward VIII Rex, surmounted by the Tudor / King's Crown.
The reverse is maker marked:
J.R. GAUNT LONDON
J.R. Gaunt was an important British manufacturer of military, governmental and ceremonial insignia.
Edward VIII reigned for less than one year in 1936 before his abdication. As a result, official and private-purchase insignia bearing his EVIIIR cypher was produced during an exceptionally short period.
This example is being identified conservatively as an Edward VIII Royal Cypher badge. No specific regiment or Royal Household appointment is being attributed without additional documentary evidence.
An unusual piece for a British militaria, royal cypher, Edward VIII, J.R. Gaunt or 1930s insignia collection.
Exact badge pictured is the badge you will receive.
